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DineQ vs Yelp Guest Manager

Yelp Guest Manager is Yelp’s reservations and waitlist system. DineQ is a walk-in waitlist. Here is how they line up, from each company’s published pages.

At a glance
Yelp Guest ManagerDineQ
Price
US$129 a month on annual, US$159 monthly for Basic; US$279–349 for Plus[1]
CA$69 or CA$99 a month on annual; CA$89 or CA$119 month to month
Waitlist
On every plan[1]
On every plan
Reservations
Yes[1]
No — DineQ is for walk-ins
Cover fees
None; Basic is capped at 500 booked covers a month[1]
None, and no cap
Texts
Two-way texting on every plan; per-text cost not published[1]
CA$0.025 a segment — the carrier’s price, no markup
How guests join
Online on Yelp, Google Search and Apple Maps[1]
The QR code on your door, the printed code, or your own link
App or account for guests
Not published
Neither — it’s a web page
Hardware
An iPad, leased — returned or bought out at the end[2]
Any phone, tablet or computer you already have
Contract
Monthly or annual; annual carries an early-termination fee[3]
Month to month, or a 12-month term paid monthly
Canada
Not stated
Built in Canada, billed in Canadian dollars
Price
Yelp Guest Manager
US$129 a month on annual, US$159 monthly for Basic; US$279–349 for Plus[1]
DineQ
CA$69 or CA$99 a month on annual; CA$89 or CA$119 month to month
Waitlist
Yelp Guest Manager
On every plan[1]
DineQ
On every plan
Reservations
Yelp Guest Manager
Yes[1]
DineQ
No — DineQ is for walk-ins
Cover fees
Yelp Guest Manager
None; Basic is capped at 500 booked covers a month[1]
DineQ
None, and no cap
Texts
Yelp Guest Manager
Two-way texting on every plan; per-text cost not published[1]
DineQ
CA$0.025 a segment — the carrier’s price, no markup
How guests join
Yelp Guest Manager
Online on Yelp, Google Search and Apple Maps[1]
DineQ
The QR code on your door, the printed code, or your own link
App or account for guests
Yelp Guest Manager
Not published
DineQ
Neither — it’s a web page
Hardware
Yelp Guest Manager
An iPad, leased — returned or bought out at the end[2]
DineQ
Any phone, tablet or computer you already have
Contract
Yelp Guest Manager
Monthly or annual; annual carries an early-termination fee[3]
DineQ
Month to month, or a 12-month term paid monthly
Canada
Yelp Guest Manager
Not stated
DineQ
Built in Canada, billed in Canadian dollars

Which one fits.

Yelp Guest Manager fits if
  • Many guests find you on Yelp, Google or Apple Maps and you want them joining from there.
  • You want reservations and the waitlist from one vendor.
  • You want an iPad supplied with the plan.
DineQ fits if
  • Most of your wait is walk-ins at the door.
  • You want to pay per location, with texts at the carrier’s price.
  • You would rather use the phones and tablets you already have.
  • You want to be billed in Canadian dollars.

Switching.

  1. 01Start a DineQ trial and print the QR sheet for your door.
  2. 02Run both for a week — your host adds walk-ins to DineQ.
  3. 03Check your notice period: Yelp’s agreement asks for 30 days’ written notice to cancel.[2]
  4. 04Return the leased iPad, or buy it out, as the agreement sets out.[2]
Run both for a week.Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial — no need to switch off anything first.
SourcesChecked against Yelp’s own pages on 17 September 2026. Prices and terms change — the links have today’s. Their prices are in US dollars (US$); DineQ’s are in Canadian dollars (CA$).
  1. [1]Yelp for Restaurants · Pricing business.yelp.com/restaurants/yelp-restaurants-pricing
  2. [2]Yelp for Restaurants · Master Services Agreement business.yelp.com/restaurants/master-services-agreement
  3. [3]Yelp Guest Manager business.yelp.com/restaurants/products/yelp-guest-manager
Yelp and Yelp Guest Manager are trademarks of Yelp Inc. DineQ is not affiliated with Yelp.